tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5023914396265354842..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: What if it had been Princess Georgiana? by Mary HoffmanMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26987033999005067052017-02-04T16:18:34.968+00:002017-02-04T16:18:34.968+00:00Of course, a Queen was deemed weaker and bound to ...Of course, a Queen was deemed weaker and bound to be ruled by her husband. What if Henry VIIIth had realised what an effective monarch Elizabeth would prove? Though the absence of an heir was a major problem as her reign drew on.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87163451893895699852017-02-02T12:46:39.367+00:002017-02-02T12:46:39.367+00:00Primogeniture may have been abolished for royal su...Primogeniture may have been abolished for royal succession in 2011, but it is still there in aristocratic titles (Dukes, Lords etc) and among ordinary people when sons inherit houses, over daughters, older or younger. This 'everday sexism' is not even noticed by many parents writing their wills.Janie Hamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474227107768216646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23700714305988937922017-02-01T16:58:45.946+00:002017-02-01T16:58:45.946+00:00Interesting post. I suspect it's easy to go ba...Interesting post. I suspect it's easy to go back before Henry VIII to look for more queens that might have been. I seem to remember Helen Castor's book 'She Wolves' was full of potential queens pushed aside for a tenuously found king, and female rulers have probably been sidelined since the concept of rulers first appeared.Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.com